Well, THAT was stupid.
by Kim Opitz • July 26, 2010 • Inspiration • 3 Comments
For a while now, I’ve considered baring my soul and sharing some of the lessons I’ve learned in small business – specifically, areas where I believe my client service has fallen short due to my own ignorance or random circumstances.
Is it risky to share my weaknesses? I guess. But I also know with each stumble, I hone my ability to identify bumps in the road ahead.
Rribbitz is approximately 14 months old now. And believe me, I’ve learned some lessons. More recently, when I allude to them in conversations people ask for details. So I finally decided why the hell not — if you can learn from my mistakes, maybe we’ll both be better partners for our clients in the end.
These are in no particular order, but depending on your feedback, what you want to know, and what I can share while respecting my client’s privacy – I’ll put it all out there. Well, most of it.
What do you want to hear about first?
Groupon / Living Social / and other adventures in social shopping:
The day my client wanted to kick me in the head….. for all sorts of reasons.
Lessons in new business:
How to sell yourself short and screw all hope of proving your real value.
When a client wants to break up with you:
What it really means. And how to use the experience as another springboard.

Interested? Let me know in the comments…. before I get cold feet

Well, can’t we just request all three? If I have to choose one, I guess I want to know more about Lessons in new business (even though the head-kicking incident sounds interesting!).
You still in?
When a client wants to break up with you and how to screw yourself are my favorites and right now at the FOREFRONT of my worries.
Shelley
Hell, I’ve been in my own business for 14 years now, and I still guilty of sell myself short — in that I am WAY too generous with my time when it comes to designing for clients. If I invoiced what everything was truly worth, I’d be getting weekly manicures and driving an electric Mercedes Benz.